Daniel Villarreal and Joe Ajike grind the tape for the Wizards with plans on getting deeper into coaching and player development.
Wind your way around the ground floor of Capital One Arena and you will find it, a room at the heart of a maze of hallways. Head past the black-roofed tunnel where players are jogging on court, past supersized washing machines where towels are being laundered. Go beyond the mahogany-paneled locker room, turn a corner and there it is: a small area with swivel chairs, a conference table, one large flat-screen TV and two small ones.
Another computer is tracking individual players’ minutes, and yet another, this one manned by coaching associate Cedrick Joseph, is downloading an Indiana Pacers game so Joseph can splice together the key possessions, turn a 2½-hour game into an hour-long edit and send it to the coaches by the time they get home that night, three days before the Wizards play the Pacers.Come tip-off, the room comes alive as the game airs on the two TVs mounted on the wall.
Villarreal taught Ajike coding tricks to help shave 20 to 30 minutes off his editing process. On the road, that’s the difference between a coach’s ability to review the game the Wizards have just played on the plane ride home and waiting a couple of hours. But what Villarreal does know is how to educate. The Californian has the kindness and endless patience you might expect from a teacher. Breaking down film with players, learning how different Wizards coaches communicate and even serving as the team’s de facto IT guy on the road require many of the same skills he used to run a classroom in Los Angeles.
But the biggest part of Ajike’s job when it comes to developing Washington’s young players might be what happens off the court. The 26-year-old is there to help Avdija and Kispert strengthen the mental side of their game as much as the physical side.
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